Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

dead center
- the exact middle
I easily hit the target dead center.
dead duck
- a person or a thing in a hopeless situation
The man is a dead duck and he has no hope of recovering his former position.
dead end
- the end of a road, an impasse
The negotiations between the players and the owners have come to a dead end.
dead in one's/its tracks
- to be stopped exactly where someone or something is at the moment
The police stopped the robber dead in his tracks.
dead letter
- a piece of mail that cannot be delivered or returned to the sender
The letter with no return address went back to the post office as a dead letter.
dead loss
- a total loss
The money that I gave to my friend is a dead loss and none of it will be returned.
dead on one's feet
- to be exhausted
I was dead on my feet after working all day in my garden.
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